Tigst Assefa to Have Surgery in Munich on Her Injured Achilles
The Berlin Marathon winner hurt her right Achilles tendon inside the final 2K on Sunday, and her manager expects her to be out of competition for about six months.
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All Six Berlin Marathon Podium Finishers Wore the Adidas Adios Pro Evo 3
Guye Adola and Tigst Assefa won Berlin in Adidas’ $500 racing shoe, Assefa in a development version of it, five days after the brand put the cheaper Adios Pro 5 on sale.
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Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha Join the Adidas Walk of Fame
The pair who ran 1:59:30 and 1:59:41 in London left their footprints at Adidas headquarters on Thursday, three days before a Berlin Marathon that Sawe will miss through injury.
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2026 Berlin Marathon Results
Assefa set a course record while chasing the world record, and Adola won Berlin for a second time in a personal best. Here are the top 15 finishers in both races.
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Tigst Assefa Wins the Berlin Marathon in a Course Record
The Ethiopian was ahead of world record pace with 2K to go, but her stride changed badly over the closing stretch and she finished in 2:11:04, still 49 seconds under her own best.
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Guye Adola Wins the Berlin Marathon for a Second Time
The 35-year-old Ethiopian broke away after 25K and won in a personal best of 2:02:50, with Gemechu Dida second and Gabriel Geay third.
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Athletics Integrity Unit Provisionally Suspends Olympic Hurdler Cyréna Samba-Mayela
The French hurdler, 25, could be sidelined through the Los Angeles Olympics if the whereabouts case against her is upheld. Her representative says she has never failed a test.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr Nearly Broke the World Record in a 1,000m Time Trial Before His Budapest Win
Kerr ran a watch-timed 2:12.66 at altitude nine days before winning the Ultimate Championship 1,500m, only 0.83 seconds slower than Emmanuel Wanyonyi’s world record.
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